Trance possession disorder ion Judaism: Sixteenth-century dybbuks in the Near East

Journal of Trauma and Dissociation

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 131-146

  Somer, Eli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dissociative trance; Dybbuk; Judaism; Trance possession disorder

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; HUMAN; JEW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIPLE PERSONALITY; MYSTICISM; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 4444251971     PISSN: 15299732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J229v05n02_07     Document Type: Article

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